Writing Teaching Resources for Year 1
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Picture Writing Prompts
Introducing the perfect picture writing prompts to encourage creative writing in your primary students! Explore 60 visual prompts made just for the primary classroom.
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On the Weekend
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Let's Build a Sentence Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce the key components of simple and compound sentences to younger students; specifically, capital letters and punctuation; verbs, nouns, adjectives and conjunctions.
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Personal Recounts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of personal recounts.
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What is a Sentence?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that a simple sentence is a group of words that contains a subject, a verb and expresses a complete thought.
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Exploring Procedural Texts Unit Plan
This English unit has been designed to introduce procedural texts to younger students. It addresses the purpose, structure and language features of instructions and recipes.
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Fact or Opinion?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Building Simple Sentences
A 60 minute lesson in which students will build a simple sentence.
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Informative Texts - Text Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the structure of information reports.
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Personal Recounts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of personal recounts.
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Informative Texts - Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of informative texts.
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Personal Recounts - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will jointly construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
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Separating Fact From Fiction
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
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Strong Words Make Strong Opinions
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore how word choice can be used to strengthen an opinion.
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Persuasive Language Features
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the language features of persuasive texts.
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What Are Fairy Tales?
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the key features of the fairy tale genre.
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Capital Letters and Punctuation - Fix It!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that capital letters and punctuation are used to build sentences.
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Personal Recounts - Independent Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will independently construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience.
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Personal Recounts - Shared Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple personal recount about a familiar experience in pairs.
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Adding Detail Using Describing Words
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate how descriptive words, such as adjectives, can add detail to a personal recount.
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Hey, Little Ant - Modelled Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will construct a simple persuasive text on a familiar topic.
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Simple Persuasive Structure
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify and explore the basic structure of persuasive texts.
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Understanding Point of View
A 60 minute lesson in which students will investigate point of view in relation to a situation or topic.
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Creating a Fairy Tale Setting
A 60 minute lesson in which students will develop a setting for a fairy tale.
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Exploring Fairy Tale Characters
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore the methods authors use to create a character.
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Using Adjectives to Describe a Character
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use adjectives to describe the personality and appearance of characters.
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Using Adjectives
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that an adjective provides information about a noun and is often called a describing word.
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Common and Proper Nouns
A 60 minute lesson in which students will identify that a noun is a naming word used for a person, place or object.
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Dressing Up Sentences for Narrative Writing
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use descriptive language to add additional detail to sentences.
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Using Descriptive and Comparative Language
A 60 minute lesson in which students will understand how descriptive and comparative language is used in informative texts.
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Just the Facts!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will use facts to describe people, places, animals and objects.
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Simon Says!
A 60 minute lesson in which students will explore action verbs, common nouns and adverbial phrases in procedures.